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2018-19 Women's Track and Field Roster

Lauren Swanson

  • Position Throws
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool East Greenwich High School
  • Hometown East Greenwich, R.I.

Biography

Personal Bests
Event Result
Weight Throw 17.06m
Hammer Throw 51.33m


Career Highlights:
  • Ranks 7th, All-Time Outdoor Performance List, hammer throw (51.33m).
  • Ranks 9th, All-Time Indoor Performance List, weight throw (15.75m).
  • Notched the highest freshman finish in the hammer throw at the 2016 CAA Outdoor Championships.
2018-2019:
OUTDOOR

Threw for 45.33m, earning 14th in the hammer throw at the Black and Gold Challenge (Mar. 16) … Won bronze in the hammer throw (44.36m) at the UMass Lowell Invitational (Mar. 30) … Placed 13th in the hammer throw (44.99m) at the UConn Northeast Challenge (Apr. 13) … Finished fifth in the hammer throw (47.99m) at the Jay Carisella Coaches Invitational (Apr. 20) … Earned sixth in the hammer throw (50.08m) at the Brown Springtime Invitational (Apr. 28) … Placed 15th in the hammer throw (46.02m) at the CAA Championships (May 3-4).

INDOOR
Finished sixth in the weight throw (15.59m) at the BU Season Opener (Dec. 1) … Finished fourth in the weight throw (15.64m) at the Howlin' Husky Invitational (Dec. 8) … Finished seventh in the weight throw (15.46m) at the Battle in Beantown (Jan. 12) … Placed third in the weight throw (15.23m) at the Joe Donahue Games (Jan. 18) … Finished 16th in the weight throw (14.37m) at the John Thomas Invitational at Boston University (Jan. 25-26) … Finished ninth in the weight throw (15.74m) at the New England Championships (Feb. 1-2) … Placed fourth in the weight throw (15.95m) at the URI Tribute to Bill Falk (Feb. 9) … Finished ninth in the weight throw (15.14m) at the BU Last Chance Qualifier (Feb. 24).


2017-18:
OUTDOOR:

Finished third in the hammer throw (49.56m) at the Minuteman Invite (April 7) ... Placed tenth in the hammer throw (48.25m) at the Northeast Challenge (April 14) ... Placed second in the hammer throw (50.70m) at the Jay Carisella Invite (April 21) ... Notched fourth place in the hammer throw (49.88m163'8") at the Brown Springtime Invite (April 29) ... Placed fifth in the hammer throw (50.55m/165'10") at the CAA Championships (May 4-6) ... Represented Northeastern at the IC4A Championships (May 11-13) in the hammer throw (45.79m/150'3"). 

INDOOR:

Placed second in the weight throw (17.06m) in the Battle of Beantown (Jan. 13) … Earned second place in the weight throw (15.89m) at the Joe Donahue Games (Jan. 19) ... Finished fifth in the weight throw (16.93m) at New England Championships (Feb. 2-3).

2016-17: 
OUTDOOR

3rd hammer throw Ocean State Invite (51.33m/168’ 5”) ... 3rd hammer throw Albany Spring Classic (49.79m/163’ 4”) ... 2ndhammer throw Brown Springtime Invite (50.88m/ 166’ 11”) ... 6th hammer throw 2017 CAA Outdoor Championships (50.43m/165’ 5”) ... 12th hammer throw New England Championships (49.90m/163’ 8”)

INDOOR

2nd weight throw Jay Carisella Invite (16.15m/53’ 0”) ... 3rd weight throw Beantown Challenge (16.27m/53’ 4.5”) ... 5th weight throw Harvard Crimson Elite (16.32m/53’ 6.5”) ... 10th weight throw New England Championships (15.63m/51’ 3.5”) ... 19thweight throw ECAC Championships (16.40m/53’ 9.75”)   

2015-16:
OUTDOOR

Finished eleventh in the hammer throw (47.24) at the Victor Lopez Classic (March 25) ... Finished fourth in the hammer throw (48.86m) at the 2016 CAA Championships (May 6-7) ... Finished eighth in the hammer throw (48.09m) at the New England Championships (May 14).

INDOOR

Earned second place in the weighted throw (14.42m) at the Boston University (BU) Season Opener (Dec. 5) ... Threw a season best in the weighted throw with a mark of 15.75m, putting her at number nine on the Huskies' all-time indoor performance list (Feb. 6).

Before Northeastern:

Attended East Greenwich High School. Participated in indoor and outdoor track and field, with 4 years on varsity. Placed ninth at the Rhode Island Indoor State Championships in the Weight Throw. Member of the Sullivan Division Championship team in 2015, with an undefeated team record. Avengers Booster Club Scholarship recipient.

Personal:

From East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Majoring in Business. Class of 2020.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    Throws
    5'7"
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Throws
    5'7"
  • 2017-18Junior

    Throws
    5'7"
  • 2018-19Senior

    Throws